Syssa v. Heminway

The plaintiff’s decedent, Johanna Syssa, while crossing Main Street in Watertown, was struck and killed by defendant’s automobile. The highway had recently been reconstructed of concrete and only the east side was open for travel, the west side being covered with hay or straw. Westerly from the concrete road was a trolley track on which, at the time, a car was stopping or had stopped to take on passengers. Mrs. Syssa was proceeding from the easterly side across the concrete portion of the highway, for the purpose of boarding the trolley car. Witnesses called by the plaintiff testified that…